(LIVERMORE, CA) — The Livermore Planning Commission approved permits Aug. 18 for the demolition and reconstruction of Fire Station No. 6, clearing a $24.3 million replacement of the city's oldest fire station and setting a temporary move for the Centennial Light Bulb.
The 4-0 vote granted a conditional use permit and site plan design review. Commissioner Yolanda Fintschenko was absent.
Age alone did not drive the decision. Senior planner Ashley Vera told the commission the station at 4550 East Ave. no longer meets Americans with Disabilities Act requirements or current safety standards, and that its layout leaves crews exposed to hazardous contaminants carried back from calls. Built in 1976 and later expanded to roughly 10,700 square feet, the building predates the decontamination separation now standard in fire station design.
Courtesy: City of LIvermore
The replacement will be a single-story station of about 13,000 square feet, paired with a 2,600-square-foot reserve apparatus building holding one truck and one engine. Plans include decontamination areas, living and sleeping quarters, a fitness room, a multipurpose room and office space. The project adds one position, bringing on-site staffing to five, plus a specialized vehicle to serve as a mobile command post.
Because the station has to keep answering calls, construction will run in phases over about two years beginning next August. A 1,500-square-foot modular building will house crews on site during the work.
That phasing determines what happens to the 125-year-old Centennial Light Bulb. City staff must approve a relocation plan before any demolition permit is issued. The bulb will spend roughly 15 to 16 months inside the reserve apparatus building, out of public view, with staff planning a live camera feed for remote viewing. Its permanent home will be a dedicated display area set apart from the apparatus bay.
Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department Chief Aaron Lacey backed the project at the hearing. No residents spoke.
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